My bump has a new friend - Page 3

JadeyB · Mar 11th, 2010, 14:15 PM

I've also been lucky (so far!!) not to get any on my bump, but I do have quite a lot on my boobs. But having said that I've had some on my boobs ever since I got them (the boobs that is?!!?) I think they grew overnight!!

I'm also not sure how effective these creams are. I put Mama mio cream on my bump religiously twice a day and it is lovely - quite expensive though. I sometimes put it on my boobs but not as often, only because I sometimes put my bra on before remembering to smother on the cream.

xx

hannahR · Mar 11th, 2010, 14:28 PM

I use bio oil. I got some when i was pregnant with Hollie, but only really in the last four weeks. They faded loads though after a while and you can hardly see them now. They will not stay red forever. Just use bio oil everyday and continue to use it after the baby is born and this will help them fade. I havent got any new ones yet and im hoping not too!! x

EmmaM2 · Mar 11th, 2010, 14:38 PM

Try not to panic, you may have been through a spurt which resulted in the stretchie but that doesn't mean you are going to just carry on getting them until the end, and like the others said they will fade.

I haven't got any yet and i'm hoping i wont (wishful thinking!). I use bio oil everyday as it can't do any harm! My sister and sil didn't get any with their pregnancies and both have existing ones from teen years, as do i, so heres hoping......

Sazzoire · Mar 11th, 2010, 14:51 PM

I was discussing stretch marks with hubby last week and I mentioned that I didn't have any 'yet'.... hubby said that I was abit porky before getting pregnant and so I obviously have space to grow

zoedwarf · Mar 11th, 2010, 14:59 PM

Bio oil!!! Working for me so far... 25 weeks 5 days and so far no strech marks!!

fein&waiting · Mar 11th, 2010, 15:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Carley22

yep im only 13 weeks and my boobs are covered in them!!! gone from a B cup to a D in about 5 weeks..... more to come eh!!

Apparently its the case that if you get one you get loads and if you dont get any then you aren't likely to ever get them and some even say that its hereditory.....

BTW anyone who is trying anything to get rid of these its a complete waste of money!! Sorry, ive been using bio oil and coconut butter on the ones on my thighs for the last 6months (since they arrived) and they have only got worse - im down to the conclusion that its just a money making scheme....

Good luck!!

This isn't true because in my first preg, a few stretch marks started to appear as very tiny red dots on my hips and my breasts, which "stretched" towards the end, and i only got one or 2 tiny ones towards the bottom of my bump at the end. Nothing else. And i had a massive bump. I gave birth at 36 weeks, but ppl felt sorry for me and thought i was overdue because i was so big (lots and lots of water retention as well as i got pretty fat!) so wasn't a small bump either!

They're so faded now you can barely see any of them, except for the top of the ones on my hips which are ever so slightly pinky

alibaba24 · Mar 12th, 2010, 07:04 AM

I know EXACTLY how you feel without sounding big headed iv always had quite nice even smooth skin on my tummy and at 27 weeks found this little red stretchie which by the time i delivered at 34 weeks is around 3 inches long and i can fit my fingertip into it

i also got loads of others and totally dreaded to think what id be like if id gone to term! i know its no comfort but you really wont care once your baby is in your arms although in total honesty i do still have down days about my body now. However i can promise u there worth it xxx

alibaba24 · Mar 12th, 2010, 07:07 AM

ps i used bio oil cocoa butter tummy butter and all that crap nothing worked, so if ppl used bio oil and say it prevented them it didnt they just werent going to get them anyway cause iv read sooooooooooo many threads now saying ppl have used bio and its done sweet f.a at stopping them. although its good at fading them?

xx

lavender1 · Mar 12th, 2010, 09:14 AM

I have been using bio oil since about two months most days, I'm now 26 weeks and all of a sudden i can see them appearing under my skin, very light pink at the minute but they have just appeared after quite a big growth spurt across my bump. I'm now rubbing it in furiously several times a day lol, i know its pointless and i did expect them but don't want to get terrible ones.

LorettaClaire · Mar 12th, 2010, 14:02 PM

i got my first one at about 23 weeks too!

haven't had any more since thankfully! Couldn't believe it when i saw it. Gutted x x

Mar 11th, 2010, 14:15 PM	#21
JadeyB Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,412	I've also been lucky (so far!!) not to get any on my bump, but I do have quite a lot on my boobs. But having said that I've had some on my boobs ever since I got them (the boobs that is?!!?) I think they grew overnight!! I'm also not sure how effective these creams are. I put Mama mio cream on my bump religiously twice a day and it is lovely - quite expensive though. I sometimes put it on my boobs but not as often, only because I sometimes put my bra on before remembering to smother on the cream. xx

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Mar 11th, 2010, 14:28 PM	#22
hannahR Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: loughborough, uk Posts: 2,187	I use bio oil. I got some when i was pregnant with Hollie, but only really in the last four weeks. They faded loads though after a while and you can hardly see them now. They will not stay red forever. Just use bio oil everyday and continue to use it after the baby is born and this will help them fade. I havent got any new ones yet and im hoping not too!! x

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Mar 11th, 2010, 14:38 PM	#23
EmmaM2 Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,446	Try not to panic, you may have been through a spurt which resulted in the stretchie but that doesn't mean you are going to just carry on getting them until the end, and like the others said they will fade. I haven't got any yet and i'm hoping i wont (wishful thinking!). I use bio oil everyday as it can't do any harm! My sister and sil didn't get any with their pregnancies and both have existing ones from teen years, as do i, so heres hoping......

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Mar 11th, 2010, 14:51 PM	#24
Sazzoire Waiting To Try (WTT) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 1,830	I was discussing stretch marks with hubby last week and I mentioned that I didn't have any 'yet'.... hubby said that I was abit porky before getting pregnant and so I obviously have space to grow

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Mar 11th, 2010, 14:59 PM	#25
zoedwarf Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Berkshire, England Posts: 257	Bio oil!!! Working for me so far... 25 weeks 5 days and so far no strech marks!!

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Mar 12th, 2010, 07:04 AM	#27
alibaba24 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: edinburgh Posts: 3,489	I know EXACTLY how you feel without sounding big headed iv always had quite nice even smooth skin on my tummy and at 27 weeks found this little red stretchie which by the time i delivered at 34 weeks is around 3 inches long and i can fit my fingertip into it i also got loads of others and totally dreaded to think what id be like if id gone to term! i know its no comfort but you really wont care once your baby is in your arms although in total honesty i do still have down days about my body now. However i can promise u there worth it xxx

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Mar 12th, 2010, 07:07 AM	#28
alibaba24 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: edinburgh Posts: 3,489	ps i used bio oil cocoa butter tummy butter and all that crap nothing worked, so if ppl used bio oil and say it prevented them it didnt they just werent going to get them anyway cause iv read sooooooooooo many threads now saying ppl have used bio and its done sweet f.a at stopping them. although its good at fading them? xx

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Mar 12th, 2010, 09:14 AM	#29
lavender1 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 85	I have been using bio oil since about two months most days, I'm now 26 weeks and all of a sudden i can see them appearing under my skin, very light pink at the minute but they have just appeared after quite a big growth spurt across my bump. I'm now rubbing it in furiously several times a day lol, i know its pointless and i did expect them but don't want to get terrible ones.

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Mar 12th, 2010, 14:02 PM	#30
LorettaClaire Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,202	i got my first one at about 23 weeks too! haven't had any more since thankfully! Couldn't believe it when i saw it. Gutted x x

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